Back Quote by Colin Jackson

“The most potent recreational activity is when we sit back and exercise our minds with great and exciting books.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

Books. I'd probably spend all my time alone and lost in books if I could. It's easier that way.

— Rachel Cohn

Books changed my perception about the sacrifices we make as athletes.

— P. R. Sreejesh

In my college years, I would retreat to our summer house for two weeks in June to read a novel a day. How exciting…

— Amor Towles

And I get asked all the time about my career, growing up as an athlete, as kind of an underdog type of player. I…

— Doug Pederson

Each book, for me, has been an adventure, a period of time dedicated to study, to document certain facts, to traveling, and also to…

— Mario Vargas Llosa

I watched tapes and became a historian of the sport, and tried to combine certain elements and find things in the gym and saw…

— Holt McCallany

Reading. That was the sport I was good at.

— George R. R. Martin

IMPORTANT Book reading is a solitary and sedentary pursuit, and those who do are cautioned that a book should be used as an integral…

— Garrison Keillor

Sports have always been a really important part of how I energize myself, as well as how I relax. I spend a lot of…

— Irene Rosenfeld

I think a good book is one you can lose yourself in and find yourself in, and that's what I did with 'Swing Time.'

— Vick Hope

“But life is a lot more balanced and varied now. My competitive nature has softened, and my drive and determination are channelled into different…

— Chrissie Wellington